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General Atomics

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Goddard Space Flight Center worked with General Atomics to address scheduling challenges for TSIS-2 preparation for a mission critical design review scheduled for September.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2022Italian satellite may fly NASA Earth science payload

General Atomics entered the smallsat industry through acquisitions of Miltec in 2016 and the U.S. subsidiary of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. in 2017.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2022Italian satellite may fly NASA Earth science payload

General Atomics encountered problems in the development of the Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2) spacecraft for NASA under a $32,900,000 contract awarded in 2020.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2022Italian satellite may fly NASA Earth science payload

General Atomics won the TSIS-2 contract by offering its OTB bus at a cost 40% below that of Southwest Research Institute.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2022Italian satellite may fly NASA Earth science payload

NASA and General Atomics mutually agreed to end the MAIA hosting contractual relationship in late 2021 due to overall technical alignment and programmatic challenges.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2022Italian satellite may fly NASA Earth science payload

NASA awarded a $38,500,000 contract to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems in 2018 to host MAIA on the OTB-2 spacecraft.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2022Italian satellite may fly NASA Earth science payload

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems launched two cubesats carrying optical communications terminals in June 2021 but the cubesats never reached their intended orbit and the company was unable to establish contact.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2022Space Development Agency to take another stab at space-to-aircraft laser communications

One goal of the June 2021 experiment was to establish optical communications between the cubesats and an optical terminal on a General Atomics unmanned aircraft.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralAug 5, 2022Space Development Agency to take another stab at space-to-aircraft laser communications

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems completed environmental testing of its satellite platform in preparation for a fall 2022 launch.

Mentioned as: general atomics electromagnetic systemsTechnical ProductJul 27, 2022General Atomics satellite with Argos-4 payload completes pre-launch environmental testing

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems integrated the Argos-4 hosted payload onto its satellite in preparation for a fall 2022 launch.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2022General Atomics satellite with Argos-4 payload completes pre-launch environmental testing

Optix was developed by Commonwealth Computer Research, Inc. (CCRi), a company acquired by General Atomics in 2021.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2022General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has added Optix platform capabilities into the firm’s Optix platform

The U.S. Space Force selected General Atomics and Orion Space Solutions to each develop and launch demonstration satellites to gather global weather imagery and data on cloud characteristics.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipJun 24, 2022Orbion to supply propulsion for General Atomics weather satellite

The CDAO partners with General Atomics to develop the platform autonomy framework using government-owned open architectures such as the Universal Command and Control and Open Mission Systems interfaces.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsTechnical ProductJun 23, 2022DoD CDAO Partners with USAF to Conduct Developmental Test Flight of AI and autonomy-enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) project started over a year ago when DARPA selected a preliminary design for a rocket engine reactor developed by General Atomics and chose two conceptual spacecraft designs by Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2022DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear powered spacecraft

General Atomics was selected by the U.S. Space Force to launch a demonstration weather imaging satellite in 2024.

Mentioned as: general atomicsTechnical ProductMar 22, 2022On National Security | DoD’s internet-in-space a win for commercial space

General Atomics acquired smallsat manufacturer Surrey Space Technology in 2017 to compete for Department of Defense contracts.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralMar 22, 2022On National Security | DoD’s internet-in-space a win for commercial space

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will deliver the EWS spacecraft with an integrated EO/IR payload and provide on-orbit mission control and data collection services to support the mission.

Mentioned as: General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2022General Atomics Awarded Contract By USSF To Provide Weather System Satellite Prototype

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has been under contract since late 2020 to develop an integrated EWS satellite system design.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralMar 7, 2022General Atomics Awarded Contract By USSF To Provide Weather System Satellite Prototype

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) manufactures the Gray Eagle.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralMar 2, 2022Hughes + General Atomics Showcase UAS SATCOM Capabilities

General Atomics proposed a 12-satellite EWS constellation designed to provide a high refresh rate.

Mentioned as: General AtomicsNarrative GeneralMar 1, 2022General Atomics and Orion Space win contracts for military weather satellites
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